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Science & the Public: Contrasting the concerns over climate and ozone loss

Why phasing out chlorofluorocarbons proved a much easier sell than have been moves to cut back on greenhouse gases

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Science & the Public: Hooking fish, not endangered turtles

Novel tuna-fishing gear may avoid unintended avian and turtle casualties

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Science & the Public: Lost to history: The “churk”

Chickens and turkeys weren't meant to cross

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Science & the Public: Germs’ persistence: Nothing to sneeze at

One study finds flu viruses can survive in the open for months

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Science & the Public: Researchers, journals asked to censor data

Bird flu findings could provide terrorists a bioweapons blueprint, NIH panel worries

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Science & the Public: Bt: The lesson not learned

Science News reported 60-plus years ago how indiscriminate use of DDT ruined that chemical's value: Now history seems to be repeating itself with Bt

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Science & the Public: Insurance payouts point to climate change

A three-decade trend shows a steady global increase in weather and climate related disasters.

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Science & the Public: Bush meat can be a viral feast

Herpes germs and a strange foamy virus were identified in illegal imports of primate 'meat' confiscated at U.S. airports

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Science & the Public: Faulty comparisons

Dramatic contrasts can be just nonsense.

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Science & the Public: Redefining ‘concern’ over lead

Federal health agency accedes to two decades of accumulating toxicology data

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Science & the Public: Our increasingly not-so-little kids

A large share of U.S. kids — especially the heftiest — are on their way to life-threatening chronic disease

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Science & the Public: Rising CO2 promotes weedy rice

Undesirable variants preferentially thrive — and cross with cultivated rice, transforming the crop into weeds

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Science & the Public: Bat killer hits endangered grays

Federal scientists confirmed the fungal epidemic has struck a second species of endangered American bats

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Science & the Public: Depolarizing climate science

Global warming has become a hot-button topic, and some analysts think they’re beginning to tease out why

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Science & the Public: Court ‘shares’ researchers’ e-mails, intellectual property

Litigation associated with the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has taken research, proprietary information from outside researchers

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Science & the Public: Measuring how well kids do science

New assessments of U.S. students show improvement is warranted

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Science & the Public: What's in your wallet? Another 'estrogen'

A bioactive chemical cousin of BPA turns up on money and in receipts

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Science & the Public: De-papering environmental summits

Thousands of trees are still breathing

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Science & the Public: Warning to bats: Cuddle not

New data show certain behaviors render bats particularly vulnerable to fungal pandemic

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Science & the Public: Putting BPA-based dental fillings in perspective

Small effects could have a big social impact, but mechanisms of any bis-GMA neurotoxicity remain elusive

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